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LIVE SroCk MAKkEr =.

ST. Louis, Nov. l. Tine national Live
Stucs Indicator reports:
Cnttle-Receipts, loo; shipments, 100:
market sroug; choice heavy native steers.
301oi 90; fair to good native steers. 3 SFd
81; butchers steers fair to prime, %O0d3 SO
stockers and feeders, too ~; rangers, con q
mon to good cornfod, 2UlG3 -.
Hogs Receipts, 100; shipments 100; mHr-
ket active and s.rong, prices ranging from
90 10 ~.
shesp-keceipt', SO; shlpm ents, So;
lambs, NOgi ~.
KANSAS CITY, nov. i..-rne Live stock
Indicator repOrIs:
gooj strong and active; omm mon
I 81; common TO medium, .oo4 IL; stocters.
0Ut2 60; feeding steers. hyG3 %; cows,
| 2ja2 81; grass range steers, sJ@ 50
Hogs Receipts, 1850; shipments, none
market weak and lower, closing price, trm,
ranging from IS to 80.
Sheep-Receipts, go; shipments. none;
market steady; good to choice 7j,a 40;
common 10 medium, / JD@2 ~.
CHICAGO, Nov, l2.-The Drover4 journal
reports;
market strong; shipping ,terrs Oog5 ul,
stockers and feeders, 7jG3 10; cows, buIs
western rangers, , jjG3 -2is.
Hogs-Keceipts, 1900; shipments. none;
msrket strong, mi xed, tjlDi Is; heavy, : 100
1 ~; hight, 3jgi ~; skips and pigs, l5Ei ~.
sheep Receipts, So shipments, none
market steady, muitODs, > 1rOi ~; stOCkcrs,
. lou2 81: westerns . 50; Texans, 5p'g3 iUi
lRmus, 3 7Ilg3 60.
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LOCAL PRODuCE MARKEI.

lrrTER-2Sp4)c per 10.
81 Id,
fRS-ln the shuck, new, SIC; old. 65c.
bgSSEAI.-W White, in sack. ot ~ rss, TO;
Pm meal, in sacks of a lbs, 65c
eBBAGE-3 4lG3Lac per n.
aEEsE Cream, liCDl{c per 10; half cream
er II; skinned, l0c per ID,
Pain barrels, 81 ~; half barrel, 81 80;
f. coz TO-
Ts-Dull at lO(9l2l,c
|4Af-Sew Texas prairie, 81 per ton.
4iDEs-No dry flint over ~ lbs, l0c; No
Nc; badly damaged and hull hides, "a
o. green sailed, &c: . ;, SC; No. green
bach
AvT-iIalf bhls. $3.50.
ioNns-Sc,g5i4 &C per 10; California, 2 500
ySATs-ln sacks, 2S@3Oc = bushe.
~. -, Ai9ts-lrlsh, 81 Op0l . per huShel;
"a, ,2g214 per 10.
w kAr-7Oc per bushel.
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CIRCULAR

,
49, i :, Wta M nne highly e1atfd at the general IMPRESSIONS OF salts
CDlgnm
We nave always recognized II" sterling fact that calculated add to the
, to this ,uCo
directed 1t will
il liSc lnuitN which lesen
afINi to make loshn
us gcata of labor and
able outlay take
mont visiting the mills in and
1 We tIpsat
p,ft country
ilv otnryl
to the
W TcXas.a fac the uon zeal Wilt
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the ilt t o wrla and
tn, ,mncs good for nd
ant, AS
or lan
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shown il cutr1
on W.
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will b HlfnII furnished ON application
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81 ESosentlaal
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT.

October 90 1851.
Sealed propo.als will be received NJ the
Office OF In" Supervising Architect of ihe
Un'ted states treasury department, ana open.
ed nj y. IN. Of he fifteenth day Of November
1857, for all the stone sad lriok masonry, gr; d.
ing,si, ewalk, ctc., required for The appIoaohe,
20 he court mouse, etc buldings at Waco,
reXas. Each proposal must be Ne accompanied
by n cerilr,. check Tor y 40l made pHynble to
the order ~ the Treasurer of the United
states The right to reject any lids is reserve
The plansgni specfcat!o can be. mad 10y
applying TO this ONCE or me once of the eu-
pefiIiteLdent WILL A. FRLKEr,
Supervising Architect
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,.ptt--Aidcu process, eNupoI"tteu i-7s''
AZ s.uced re, bright quarters I'4c'
Il $50 ! r. iobbers at mills, sacked bc r
cgt ,> DRY salt. 500 short clear smoked,
DnrenK asl bacon, l3' mans anG povo,
BAHi oz.. q y; l2-oz., %; w lbs, II ,,
Eurand- " j.o2. i5c; 4-oz., 75c; o-oz., ~; LIB
kOnt = 'n"NYandre's "a b, a.; a lb zoe; ~ 10,
El?i ! ID o,LeTaliiornia navy in sacks, lie;
ina. I'm bags BOc "a doz., OF. liquid soc,
Pinls ,|N,..-No. fancy broom 81 ~ d do IS 20,
Bhoos .trinp green straw q IS, 3 string
Eparior u, an string green 81 %, 2 string yell
kyellOH u ~
Eow w. tsa acknowledgement lime O. IS
BIZ LIZ mix 81 80. Plsstering latns 81 81
fget w. Don't hair 75c per bu; Cement, Ros-
Her NJ sS 9Gn er Dbl. Louisville 81 90 English
Rpnn %I si75. Michigsn plaster - 90 WIN
|f0N s."rnGooDs- Apples, BIB cans8l bNSl Is
OAANNr - allon cans s. 90 "; blackberries,
Ell H"s strawberries, IN 81 80; gooseoerries,
Flt ~. ., ,' / PIPER len / i5. WinsIow's 60,
y, VS 'ts 70, Pride of the West a. Jersey
~, ~" i,. Independent %; HOLSTERS 2lb lbD
y ~ nystcIs 9OGl NJ, I'D 0@l ~, no Hsht
y ~ ~! -nr ID ~; peaches, 3ib JkG2 -, IN
kMe.sHnt.5 ulue,pples. 2ib 0uG.l ~; peas small
I.e@-jNu dne family ~, early June 10,
Ns! ,tt- 3D. soIks SOC, French 2RG21c
pa .,nuon, Columbia River 2r, Sacra-
IeWh' Ia shrimps 2M as tomatoes, 3ib
knsni9 T IN, Gniidruia iruit. cuttings Ape
r., -. 10 -; blackbtrrles. iN%2 %; goose
beFrlts' A. ,hrr,irs, white 3 %, black > Is:
Fe' w. ,,Ilnw treestone z 81 white cling,
tiohts' py,: pears. -.
wv Ilu'',tt5-->o. y DC r. IN, No. 3 SIC.
'RAO M, a. Excelsior So, ginger SNAPS
rrsfn 'ou'S Sc. lemon cream do 71ec, Xxx
jae' ~ .,d 1umbles l2s,c knicknncks re,
8pbaoets tthnira rio. 22.se; prime. Ac; fair
hCorFEEn,,t 1Sc. Ariusn, 2b3.c.
c,Dn -Euplon in Obls 2Sc r. gal, IN q!
COAL o., Ui pr,iIinnt in bbis lsc a Gal, in 2-t
bnsS w. ,,ai cans. 81 No; ghsollne 81 o.
knst w., Flint Nc
AND im,llc ~ 10.
CAsp.inr~a in u us 7c "a H. half-bbls 7hc
NrsaNN' II Az
foos ses fancy stock, l44,c.
.attar zeal mills quole IN car-load lots
.evn, Az 10. second patent t2.IO
hi Ps oS ~ foomiiv 81 O0. low grades $50
h.l.o- Xiii III quote: First patent 80
fW1An r'i,t,,ni n. extra family, 81 40, com.
~"
f9 9al.s =" "A N.
A iA' C."i deiivered Mt yards bitum nou.
frtsL@ ro2n.' si0 ner tom cord wood, W.
q. lannon's s5,G5 ~ Ger box
uSi hhS lanir caue IN 4 N: 9II IN case!
ssslhv"i SoV ~ panan9s ~ yD1u3 OO ,ler bunch
slses, w 2, y, oi,v'Perc wt 81 80
gS .i.i. An D. IN Il Oh
uhll - a.. - a, .,
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AND LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET,

CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, sept thief activity on
Change to-day was In corn A. d provisions.
The wheat market was firm from the start.
and afler sn advance Of &C became very duh
Statist ties were not encouraging, rs they gave
prospects of II half million bushels larger In
crease in the visible supply than last we, k,
but statistics have had little effect of late,
and the local crowd has acted by cont aries
tirmness in coru had some feet In the mar
ket December vii at opened at &c and
sold AT ~ ,@13'sc and CLOSED at 73lg@7}' &C.
The peculiar strength noticed in corn ycsler-
day continued to-day, and "A still further al
vance for both cash and futures WAS the re-
suit. Corn Is apparently firm on its merit,
The local stock has been reduced for the week
about 1920 bushels. May corn opened at
~ &C. and after Vibrating few times betreen
Is -Glj' Sc there was ii bulge which caused 81
70 touch. i6 &C, after which 1t again dropped
back to 5a-c, Firmness In corn continued till
the close May stopping AT &c.
The following are the highest clos ing points
In leading futures
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TO THE PUBLIC.

| have leased the hou.e heretofore known M
the Fifth Street Hotel On south Fifth street
near Franklin and nom TUESDAY, NOVEM.
b X |, 1857, will conduct the same ~ nrst-
class private boarding house. ihank fIl for
past layers ! solicit the patronage OF tht pub.
lie Private fsmlli and Day BoHrders vii
be welcome and everv et0rt made to pr, vide
for their comfort Terms reasonable, Re.
specifically, INKS. B, f. LFHMANN
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sr. Lnr1s WooL MARKET.

riiet atd steady quotations UNCHANGED;
unwashed bright medium, laG2i; coarse
braid, l5G22; low sandy, l0a'; hne Iight'
IS D4l; me heavy, l2tDlS; tub'wnshed, choice,
81 fair, 3i9}j. low, 500 2.
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Flour-In moderate demand and prices
St ady and unchanged; winter wheat, SOC
20; spring, 1904 80; rye, 5OCg5 90; buck :
WI out, 0pg3 81
Wueat-No. red, 73Q731,.
Corn. No. 2, ~.
Oats-No 2, 25l.,
Lard, per 100 pounds *
short rIb sides loose, Il .Ud6 81
Dry sailed shoulders boxed . 1905 ~
Short clear sides boxed d SSG6 %.
liams, steady AT 2Oo@li w.
Whisky, distillers' furnished goods 10
per gallon.
New ORLEANS, Nov, l2,-Flour quiet but
steady; choice, 2,s3 30; fancy. 8 zoos -;
extra fancy, 0o; widter wheat patents I 4OtG
TO; Minnesota patent process. 4 1904 S.
Corn Unsettled but generally lower:
liked. 5o@56c; white and yellow, &c
OatS-tluiet bul steady; No. > Ana25.
C1rnmeal, quiet at 30.
Hay, stead! witt fair demand; prime Il OF
OILS o.; choice, ~ tOG20 on.
Hog Products quiet but steady.
Pork, H. -.
Lard refined fierce, 8 Ia.
Bulk Meats Lower; shoulders. ) -; long
clear and clear ribs, 62h
Bacon-Shoulders, 10; long clear auC
Hams-C hOice sugar-Gured, canvassed, IL o.
Whisky Market steady at | o5Gl 81.
Conee-ln light demand with holders firm;
rio ~ .G2Oi.c.
Rice In fair demand at 4gic
Cotton seed lroductS-'luiet and weak;
Coke and meal easier nj l9uVIlg -.
Bran-Quict and weak at 72,atG75c.
fally fair, "a eennt,Giusg plantation
white, 6isG61nc; cnolce ye low clarified y sc,
OH yellow clarified, "a &c; seconds, $3.50,
fancy yellow clarified, j@sc
strictly prime, SSGa9; Centriugals, strictly
pr me, 2Sg29c; soot PRIME, 26(gt7.
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NEW ORLEANS COTroS FUTURES.
cultures opened firm, closed quiet to !


VISIBLE SUPPLY STATEMENT
NEW YORK, Nov. l2.-rhe visible supply OF
cotton in the world according 10 the report of
the Chronicle to date Is as follows
Total supply bales To-day .. > lj',5c2
This day last year ...,..-.. ..,. ~ ~
Dc renee of lncre 3p3.7No
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So a DaY--A Gold Mine

For agents. Grandest money making business
ever OLE rod A golden hnryest Tor the nexi
two months S75 per month and expenses to
active men to soil our goods No capital re.
CURED No peidling. sample case Of goods
and valuable Information ami full rarticrl. +
free. No humbug; We mean Just what We say
'ddress at once.
STANDARD SILVBRw CO.. Boston
Mass.
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GALvEsroN corFEE MARKET.

GALvEsTos, Nov. l1.-Wholesale dealers
report: Market unchanged Ordinary -;
good ordinary, az; tair 10 prime, 22h choice,
.; peaberry, "a; government Java. ~.
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GALVESTON COTTON.

GALVESTON. Nov l2-spot cotton closed
hrm and unchanged
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lRKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
COTTON.

fO'Is AT UNITED STATES PORTS.
pvEsroN. Nov. l2.-The following is a
aratlve statement of cotton receipts nj
pr's given.
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L-oSSlng
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-'N khPooL COTTON FUTURES.
N e'o5ed luiet but steady, TO points
NEW YORK COTTON


nj PIX Nov. Lection spots closed
) .'; stock. 4i ,..
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

Nhf"oL sPoTS-NIGHT REPORT
rfhFooL' Nov. l2,-Cottou spots closed
anu unsettled, l-l6c lower
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FOix HENr.

HNOh kENr.-Brick residence. seven room,
l. on Uickey. AIN Possession gwen No.
NcHlovt ID. Apply to r.. hickey ~ son.
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90 to Barnard ros., FOR beds, bedding, ma
" 91Nht &C..
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THE MARKETS.
ncAl COTTON MARKET,
GENERAL LOCAL MARkET,

arr "ric.d 7l.c; bright quarters t'4c.
S@ ! TO ob0ers at mills, sacked VIC u
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SOloIAoh 81 ROseAt thai
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w ITE STAR LINE.
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From White star Dock, foot OF West iothst
RAJ $50, $50 and 800. return TICKETS
on favorable terms Seerage from or TO the Old Country
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plans other Information apply a. the eomPanys oce. No
a Broadway, New.York j. BRUCE ISMAY. Agent
SPECIAL NOTICE.
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Boys and Young Men---Cit

WEST END SCHOOL.
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Collegiate business military Fall term begins OCT D.
CHESTER DONALDSON, A. NJ, Head Master
For amply school.
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Conntrp Ioaro Uanteo.

4 BACHELOR would like to find Do os.s ore.
N s country far fron the city sa bis meals
ferred would want sitting ana "a .m,tsd AldSs
ssatiS tsrwS J. H.. BOX 90 Tribune one~
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WIN. w. RICHARDS'S SCHOOL FOR BOYS
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Send for catalogue WM W. RICH ,EDS (Harvt-n.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-29
Short Bird Stories.

a Buffalo canary has miniature we'll
In his cage, with a bucket, the chain of
which reaches to its perch. When it
wants drink 1t draws up the bucket,
much to the delight of the children in
the neighborhood.
A coyote in Walla Walla was attacked
by an immense hawk that hit him fair on
the back OF his head. The coyote would
duck its head, then make snap mt the
hawk but could not reach it, and at the
end OF twenty minutes the coyote was
trailing in the dust.
a partridge was found in a grass field
IN Hockliife, says the London FTeH,
that was rearing a white BARNARD
chicken. When the chicken was caught
the bird evinccd all the signs of distress
usually shown if their natural offspring
are molested. The place where the bird
was found is nearly mile from any farm
buildings.
William Allen, Of San Francisco. bow.
shot and wounded large hawk that was
soaring away with a weasel in its talons.
After il fell he hurried to pluck Off its
large feathers, when the bird suddenly
threw lt5 wings about his body and sank
its beak ferociously into his cheek while
'N'N hhiA7 Wtlt IluloueN. i luuilN ne
released one just enough TO take out
small penknifc, with which he stabbed
the hawk. The stab had but little effect.
Fortunately a man came along and res
cued the young and almost exhausted
hunter. He will soon be all right again.
but scar will remain for life The hawk
measured eight feet from wing to wing.
DIR. Charles G. Abbott SAYS that i'm ex-
perimenting on the intelligence Of birds.
when he girdled branches on which birds
had built their nests causing the foliage
to shrivcl, exposing their nests. although
they had laid their eggs, they would
abandon them but IL the nests already
contained young birds. Notwithstanding
the exposure, they would remain until the
young were able TO n.y. He placed a
number Of pieces Of wooden yarn-red.
yellow, purple, green, and gray in color
There was an equal number of each col
or-near tree in which a pair Of Balti-
more orioles were building nest. The
pieces were exactly alike IN color There
was an equal number Of each color. and
the red and yellow were purpo.ely placed
on the top. The birds chose only the
gray pieces putting in "a few purple and
blue ones when The nest was nearly film
ishcd Not red. yellow or green strand
was used -Ner I0rk Sun
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Treatment of Gnnns

Obtain a wooden box large enough to
accommodate as many chicks as you will
be likely 20 want TO treat at one time.
perforate the bottom and use a wiz dow
hg { for the top; procure a second box
OF the same breadth and length Of the
first so that one will set snugly upon the
other; place the chicks in the perfora.
ted box and in the other place an iron
or brick, hot; drop upon this hot
iron spoonful OF carbolic acid and i'm
mediately place the box containing the
chicks over the fumes of the acid aris-
ing from the hot iron. The chicks will
cough and sreeze and after a while will
appear much releaved. This treatment
Is also good for lice. Care and iudg-
nent are necessary when the chicks be-
come too much affected by the vapor-
lied acid. Remove the glass top of the
box moment aud give then a little
fresh air Give one treatment day un .
I'll cure is effected-usually about or
8 days.-W. b. Hinsdale, NJ d., in n.
Y. Poultry Bullstin."
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IIarmaklnr In Tho Alns

The inhabitants of the Bayarian Alps
depend largely upon their goats for sub
sistencc. They arc very poor thcy have
modest little homes among the noun.
tains their goats supply them with n
little milk, and they make cheese and
butter Bread is quite rare, therefore
they grow potatoes ON s.anty farm 10
take its place. md with these. and the
produce Of their goats. The people live
anil keep healthy and Ftr0u They
gather as food Tor the goats the grass
which grows on the almost inaccessible
shelves of The mountain sides a mower
ls often DO "a dangerous position. bet down
by DIS comrades by rope in order 10
e grass Under him is a precipicc Of.
.ay 80 feet which dcsccuds 20 n little
valley whore bis home is. fic cuts tho
grass, ties 10 Do bundle. and d. is dawn
up % be- dried in the sun Frg,f
IrJte'a
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MUsIC AND DRAMA.

NEW ORLEANS has n bruss band of fourteen
members that are all newsboys
III NNK WINTERS, who wrote "VbitA
Wings" Is said to have made a fortune ont
of that song.
GEORGE II. JEssoP and Brander Matthews
haVe flnlshe new American play entitled
Lynch Law"
JOHN SrETsON proposes to build I'm New
\ ork theatre II cost 81 ,0J0, 900, and to open
1t in October 1888.
HOWARD p. TAYLOR has finished a new
com"dV-drama in six acts, entitled "Jac
quelina," for Annie Pixley.
MISS FLORA BENJAMIN, Of Cincinnati IA
the latest musical wonder She can play al
most any instrument and is especially nro-
hcient on tho piano. flute and violin She
never took a lesson in music
The municipality of Bologna has offered
prize OF 6WOlire for the composition of the
pest new opera, which is 10 be performed
ne .,. season with great splendor. The com
petition Is only open to Italian COMPOSERS
SOMEBODY has figured that the 90 coo noo,
PIE VINO are classed rs American actors draw
about S33,UD,OOO annually in salaries-less
than l,O)O n piece-and that the American
people spend about $IG3,0O0,OOO a year on
theatres.
ADMIRAL DAVID d. PORTER has write,
dramatic version of his novel Robert le Dia-
pie, and II has been produced at the Fifth
avenue Theatre, i'm New York A fashiona-
Die audience, which included many distin-
gulshed representatives of naval, military and
soclal circles, was present at the first per-
foTmance ~
TOWN CLERK WHITAKER, of Salem. Ill.
mas young Leghorn rooster that has n fine
ear Tor music. When Miss WHITAKER seofs
h'rsef at the piano to play he hurries into
the room through the door or window
Mes upon the instrument, and. after looxin1
at b. keys fora short time, hops upon them
ana pounds ont notes that seem 10 fii bir1
with delight.